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17 August, 2014

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE

It is there, all around me; it takes hold of all the cells and at once they spring forth in an association. And Narada's mantra, too:

Narayana, Narayana...

(it is actually a Command which means: now you shall do as I wish), but it does not come from the heart.

What will it be?

It will simply spring forth in a flash, all of a sudden, and it will be very powerful. Only power can do something. Love vanishes like water running through sand: people remain beatific..and nothing moved! No, power is needed -- like Shiva, stirring, churning...

When I have this mantra, instead of saying hello, good bye, I shall say that. When I say hello, good-bye, it means"Hello: the Presence is here, the Light is here." "Good-bye: I am not going away, I am staying here.'

But when I hae this mantra Om Namo Bhagavate. I believe something will happen.

(silence)

For the moment, of all the formulas or mantras, the one that acts most directly on this body, that seizes all the cells and immediately does this (vibrating motion) is the Sanskrit mantra: OM NAMO BHAGAVATE.

As soon as I sit for meditation, as soon as I have a quiet minute to concentrate, it always begin with the mantra, and there is a response in the body, in the cells of the body: they all start vibrating.

OM NAMO BHAGAVATEH

The first syllable of NAMO is pronounced with a short 'a', as in nahmo. The final word is pronounced BHA-GAHVA-TEH.

This is how it happed: Y had just returned, and he brought back a trunk full of things which he then proceeded to show me, and his excitement made tight, tight little waves in the atmosphere, making my head ache; it made... anyway, it was unpleasant. When I left, just after that had happened, I sat down and went like this (gesture of sweeping out) to make it stop, and immediately the mantra began.

It rose up from here (Mother indicates the solar plexus), like this:

Om Namo Bhagavate OM NAMO BHAGAVATE. OM NAMO BHAGAVATE.

It was formidable. For the entire quarter of an hour that the meditation lasted, everything was filled with Light! In the deeper tones it was of golden bronze (at the throat level it was almost red( and in the higher tones it was a kind of opaline white light: OM NAMO BHAGAVATE, OM NAMO BHAGAVATE, OM NAMO BHAGAVATE.

The other day (I was in my bathroom upstairs), it came; it took hold of the entire body. It rose up in the same way, and all the cells were trembling. And with such a power! So I stopped everything, all movement, and I left the thing grow. The vibration went on expanding, ever widening, as the sound itself was expanding, expanding and all the cells of the body were seized with an intensity of aspiration ... as if the entire body were swelling -- it became overwhelming, I felt that it would all burst.

I understood those who withdraw from everything to live that totality.

And it has such a transformative power! I felt that if it continued, something would happen, something like a change in the equilibrium of the body's cells.

Unfortunately, I was unable to continue, because... I don't have the time; it was just before the balcony darshan and I was going to be late. Something told me, 'That is for people who have nothing to do.' Then I said, 'I belong to my work,' and I slowly withdrew. I put on the brakes, and the action was cut short. But what remains is that whenever I repeat this mantra... everything starts vibrating.

So each one must find something that acts on himself, individually. I am only speaking of the action on the physical plane, because mentally, vitally, in all the inner parts of the being, the aspiration is always, always spontaneous. I am referring only to the physical plane.

So for these mantras, everything depends upon what you want to do with them. I am in favour of short mantra, especially if you want to make both numerous and spontaneous repetitions - one or two words, three at most. Because you must be able to use them in all cases, when an accident is about to happen, for example. It has to spring up without thinking, without calling: it should issue forth from the becoming spontaneously, like a reflex, exactly like a reflex. Then the mantra has its full force.

For me, on the days when I have no special preoccupations or difficulties (days I could call normal, when I am normal), everything I do, all the movements of this body, all, all the words I utter, all the movements of this body, all, all the words I utter, all the gestures I make, are accompanied and upheld by or lined, as it were, with this mantra:

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE... OM NAMO BHAGAVATE

... all, all the time, all the time, all the time.

That is normal state. It creates an atmosphere of an intensity almost more material than the subtler physical; it's like... almost like the phosphorescent radiations from a medium. And it has a great action, a very great action: it can prevent an accident. And it accompanies you all the time, all the time.

But it is up to you to know what you want to do with it.

Satprem: To sustain the aspiration - to remember. We so easily lapse into forgetfulness. To create a kind of automatism.

You have no mantras that have come to you, that give you a more living feeling?... Are there mantras long?

Satprem: Yes, they are long. And he has no given me any mantra of the Mother, so... They exist, but he has not given me any... I don't know, they don't have much effect on me. It is something very mental.

That is why, it should spring forth from you.

(Silence)

This one, this mantra, OM NAMO BHAGAVATE, came to me after some time, for I felt... well, I saw that I needed to have a mantra of my own, that is, a mantra consonant with what this body has to do in the world. And it was just then that it came. It was truly an answer to a need that had made itself felt. So if you feel the need - not there, not in your head, but here (Mother points to the cener of her heart), it will come. One day, either you will hear the words, or they will spring forth from your heart...And when that happens, you must hold onto it.

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Source: Mother conversation with Satprem, Disciple during September 16, 1958

Virabhadrasana

2. Take a big stride forward with the left leg. Face the front.
Legs straight, back foot slightly turned out.

3. On inhale, raise arms from the front, while bending the front knee and
maintaining the vertical axis of the spine. Bach arched. Front knee bent.
Weight on both legs. Straight arms across the ears, palms together,
eyes open and and focussed on the horizon.

4. On exhale, lower arms from the front, while straighten the front leg.

5. Bring back the front foot, to samasthiti.

Note: - This asana is to be done on both sides.

Supta Baddhokonasana

1. Lie down on the back. Legs together and straight,
palms on the floor along the body, elbows straight, chin down, eyes closed.

2. Bend knees and place feet close to the buttocks.
Knees together, feet together.

3. Open knees and place soles of the feet against each other, lock fingers and
turn them out Heels close to the groin, knees on the floor.

4. On inhale, raise arms and place them on the floor above the head.
Arms straight and across the ears.

5. On exhale, lower arms.

6. Bring knees together, unlock fingers and place on the floor
alongside the body.

7. Extend legs.

Dvipadapitham

1. Lie down on the back. Legs together and straight,
palms on the floor along the body,
elbows straight, chin down, eyes closed.

2. Bend knees, place feet close to the buttocks and hold ankles.
Knees together, feet together, palms wrapped around ankles.

3. On inhale, raise hips.

4. On exhale, lower hips to the floor.

5. Release ankles and extend legs.

Bhujangasana

1. Lie down on the stomach.
Forehead on the floor, legs together and straight, toes turned out,
straight arms along the body, palms turned up, eyes closed.

2. Bend elbows and place palms on the floor, near the navel.
Elbows parallel, fingers pointing forward.

3. On inhale, lift chest and then head.
No weight on the palms, head up.

4. On exhale, lower head and then chest to the floor keeping
the shoulders relaxed.

5. Place arms along the body.

Ardha Salabhasana

1. Lie down on the stomach. Forehead on the floor,
legs together and straight, toes turned out, straight arms along the body,
palms turned up, eyes closed.

2. On inhale, sweep right arm above the head,
while raising chest, head and right leg.
Legs and arms straight, right arm across ear,
head up, right knee off the floor.

3. On exhale, sweep the left arm back to the floor along the body,
while lowering head,
chest and left leg to the floor. Relax shoulders.

Note: This asana is to be done on both sides.

Salabhasana

1. Lie down on the stomach. Forehead on the floor,
legs together and straight, toes turned out,
straight arms along the body, palms turned up, eyes closed.

2. On inhale, sweep both arms above the head,
while raising the chest, head and both legs.
Legs and arms straight, arms across ear, head up, knees off the floor.

3. On exhale, sweep both arms back to the floor along the body,
while lowering head, chest and both legs to the floor.

Dhanurasana

1. Lie down on the stomach. Forehead on the floor,
legs together and straight, toes turned out, straight arms along the body,
palms turned up, eyes closed.

2. Bend knees and hold ankles. Forehead on the floor, grip ankles,
feet and knees together and arms straight.

3. On inhale, pull the feet back and raise the chest while lifting the head up.
Knees off the floor.

4. On exhale, lower head, chest and knees to the floor.
Relax shoulders.

5. Release ankles, place hands on the floor along the body
and straighten legs.

Ustrasana

1. Kneel down and sit on closed heels. Heels and knees together,
toes turned out, back straight, palms on the knees, eyes closed.

2. On inhale, while raising arms from the front, raise on knees.
Straight arms across ears, palms elbows bent. Facing the front.

3. On exhale, lower arms from the front and place hands on waist.

4. On inhale, arch back and hold heels with the hands, drop head.

5. On exhale, release hands, come back to the vertical position
and place hands on waist.

6. On inhale, raise arms from the front.

7. On exhale, lower arms and sit on the heels.

Cakravakasana

1. Kneel down and sit on closed heels.
Heels and knees together, back straight, palms on the knees,
toes turned out, eyes closed.

2. On inhale, while raising arms from the front, raise on knees.
Straight arms across ears, palms facing the front.

3. On exhale, bend forward and place palms on the floor.
Buttocks away from the heels, head and elbows off the floor.

4. On exhale, bend laterally and place left hand
on the floor outside the left foot.
Right arm extended up. Turn head and look up.
Weight on feet only, eyes looking at right hand.
Left palm on the floor, facing forward.